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In fact, predestination it is only used 5 times in the Bible, there is not a singular instance where the word "predestination" is used in the context of the salvation of any individual. It does matter in Greek and in English. God's will is not God's decree. Nope! Because it is not God's...

Here's a thought, don't jump into a conversation that was not directed to you!

As a former committed Atheist, I have problems logically with Agnostics... I am not sure if they exist! :) It is anecdotal, but in my journey and experience, there was nothing that would convince me until God intervened. This was not rapid or overnight, there was no lightening strike or clap of...

Before there was Christianity... (X for a signature was the sign of the Cross), there was Gnosticism. It did not take long for it to infiltrate Christianity as the Epistle of First John was written to address their heresy. As with truth, sometimes the lines cross. I disagree with Roman...

Agnostic means "one who does not know," one who is ignorant of what is true. I have always found that a person who applies the moniker to themselves, takes pride in the fact that they are an Ignoramus! Though one can say that they are "unsure," if they argue passionately from that position they...

That is not even logical, alone Biblical! No passage in all of Scripture claims that a person has an Eternal Life as an Eternal Possession of it! You have zero Biblical basis for your claim. Everyone has been given a gift that they either lost or thrown away, but in the case of Eternal life...

You are correct in the observation of a common problem. This stems from the belief (stated or unstated) that truth is determined by logic, not Scripture. It is the Philosophical idea that man determines what is true by logic and reason. The difficulty, as is seen in Philosophical circles, that...

1. It was predetermined, Not fated, Please leave the calvinist stuff out of our conversation. If you demand a definition that inevitably results in fatalism, then I will go to the definition that fits that view; Calvinist or Fatalist. I will point out that in your unbiblical circular...

Another answer by someone who ignores the context and the stated condition of "having" that eternal life. If you do not meet the condition, you cannot possess the result.

Yes! Let's go to the First Century! Not a single Early Church Father taught OSAS or Eternal Security! We finally found agreement! :)

If it can be stopped IT IS CONDITIONAL... You mean it was fated to certain people from before time (eternity) and they have nothing to do? No faith, no belief, no Jesus, no conditions? Good luck on finding that in the Bible! If it can be stopped. IT IS NOT ETERNAL... If it starts... IT...

The answer to the Bible and what it clearly and always says is.... "I don't care what the Bible has to say; I have a theory!"

Your argument is based on how you feel... not Scripture fact.

Bad logic. If its eternal, it cannot have a beginning either... so if you did not always have it before you existed, you can never get it! Everyone has eternal existence (called life) in the sense of that our lives do not end at physical death. So there is really nothing special about the...

Yes, the Bible teaches Eternal Life! Yet it is on the condition of a Present Tense belief/faith, not a Past Tense one time faith. Yes, the Bible teaches a that we receive a the Holy Spirit as our Seal, and earnest, the down-payment of our inheritance (not the full reception of that future...

We should be "worried" and "fear" that we may be disqualified as teachers? Nonsense! "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do...

the Bible teaches security in Christ; it does not teach OSAS or Eternal Security. One is in Scripture, and the other is a fictional fabrication and false doctrine.

No one ever said that Paul ran to "earn his salvation," he ran as to not be "disqualified."

The Bible speaks more about license than it does legalism. I do dismiss John's writings, I believe them! I do not have to twist everything he writes to justify "Sinning christianity".

Paul never thought so. He knew that beginning the race was not finishing the race.